TRAI Recommendations on the Definition of International Traffic

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India vide circular dated 10th December 2024 has released the Recommendations on the Definition of International Traffic. Salient points of the recommendations are given below:

1. The term ‘International Traffic’ should be defined in the relevant telecommunication service licenses and authorisations as the traffic originating in one country and terminating in another country, where one of the countries is India.
2. The term ‘International SMS Message’ means the international traffic delivered using SMS.
3. The term ‘Domestic Traffic’ should be defined in the relevant telecommunication service licenses and authorisations as the traffic originating and terminating within India.
4. The term ‘Domestic SMS’ should be defined in the relevant telecommunication service licenses and authorisations as the domestic traffic delivered using SMS.